The Constitution of the United States, Its Sources and Its ApplicationLittle, Brown, 1922 - 298 páginas |
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... received power to change . " The Commonwealth of Australia adopted a constitu- tion ( 1900 ) following ours more closely even than that of Canada ( 1867 ) did ; and in 1909 , after the Boer War , the Union of South Africa adopted a ...
... received power to change . " The Commonwealth of Australia adopted a constitu- tion ( 1900 ) following ours more closely even than that of Canada ( 1867 ) did ; and in 1909 , after the Boer War , the Union of South Africa adopted a ...
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... received the ratification of the requisite number of States to make it a part of the Constitution . which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons , including those bound to Service for a Term of Years , and ...
... received the ratification of the requisite number of States to make it a part of the Constitution . which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons , including those bound to Service for a Term of Years , and ...
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... receiving a disproportionate repre- sentation in the House of Representatives on account of their slave population ... received the votes of delegates from Virginia , Georgia , South Carolina , and North Caro- lina , as well as those ...
... receiving a disproportionate repre- sentation in the House of Representatives on account of their slave population ... received the votes of delegates from Virginia , Georgia , South Carolina , and North Caro- lina , as well as those ...
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... received , under the pressure of public opinion , the un- willing signature of the King . Strafford was beheaded . Bills of attainder were known in America in colonial times . In 1777 Thomas Jefferson wrote a bill of attainder for an ...
... received , under the pressure of public opinion , the un- willing signature of the King . Strafford was beheaded . Bills of attainder were known in America in colonial times . In 1777 Thomas Jefferson wrote a bill of attainder for an ...
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... of America received a par- don from the President in 1865. He applied for readmission to practice in the Supreme Court without being required to take the oath mentioned , which of course he 86 Constitution of the United States.
... of America received a par- don from the President in 1865. He applied for readmission to practice in the Supreme Court without being required to take the oath mentioned , which of course he 86 Constitution of the United States.
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The Constitution of the United States: Its Sources and its Application Thomas James Norton Vista de fragmentos - 1964 |
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Página 147 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man, than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Página 253 - When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies : Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointment until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. This amendment shall not be so construed as to affect the election or term of any Senator chosen before it becomes valid as part of the Constitution.
Página 60 - But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold and his wife* and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Página 4 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Página 6 - The taxes for paying that proportion shall be laid and levied by the authority and direction of the legislatures of the several States within the time agreed upon by the United States in Congress assembled.
Página 194 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Página 34 - Congress by less than two nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Página 77 - States, excepting regimental officers; appointing all the officers of the naval forces, and commissioning all officers whatever in the service of the United States; making rules for the government and regulation of the said land and naval forces, and directing their operations.
Página 225 - Time works changes, brings into existence new conditions and purposes. Therefore a principle to be vital must be capable of wider application than the mischief which gave it birth.
Página 4 - ... accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.